Cedar Swamp with Inhabitants | graphite
We have walked our dog along the same stretch of road through a cedar swamp in northern Michigan for several years now. The stretch of road is beautiful and remote-feeling. I am ninety-five percent sure there are no predatory animals in the vicinity and yet I startle at every branch-crack or nut-fall.
Serpentine Willows | graphite
We walk along a beautiful creek along which grows a chaos of black willows and long flowing grass (Melissa refers to it as "ramen grass"). At times the limbs seem to disappear into the stream or under the grass.
Serpentine Willows | graphite and colored pencil